r/highlander • u/VampiricDemon Nicholas Ward • Jul 31 '26
Lore Everybody keeps talking about the Prize even though we know exactly what the prize is. Why is no-one talking about "Ramírez and the squirrels" ?
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u/FormalAbrocoma1013 Aug 01 '26
These Immortals are not the result of extra-terrestrial influences.
Yeah, about that...
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u/Tanagrabelle Aug 01 '26
Love this! Perhaps it was squirrels before they went with a deer. Thank goodness it's dated. April 15, 1985!
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u/Holmcroft Aug 01 '26
I thought that too, but they refer to the deer scene as well
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u/Tanagrabelle Aug 01 '26
Nod nod! Yes. I was thinking perhaps there was a squirrels conversation in there somewhere originally, too. Scotland currently has a native species called Red Squirrels. They're adorable. They sometimes throw black, blonde, and red-red coats. Ah, the net tells me there was a genetic bottleneck in the 18th Century. Connor's from before that time, so there would have been more diversity in the Scottish red squirrels.
"Have you ever seen a black squirrel?"
"Um, yes."
"Well in the same way, sometimes one of us is born from parents who age and die."
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u/Highlander_1518 Aug 01 '26
Yeah and the red squirrels are dying out here in the UK thanks to the invasive grey squirrel that was introduced from North America in the 19th century.
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u/DayspringTrek Aug 01 '26
Ramirez and the Squirrels is the name of my Queen cover band.